So if you saw the June 2007 WeaveCast post, you know that I was tasked with building a children’s play structure in two days for my son’s fourth birthday party (which was yesterday.) How, you ask, did it go?
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My secret weapon was one of these.
These are brilliant for power outages and *ahem* late-night construction projects.
So the day of the party, ninteen kids descended upon our humble abode. I imagined them swarming around the playset and having a grand old time.
The kids?
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Were fascinated by the scrap ends of lumber left over from construction.
They stacked them into cities, weaved mazes, built levers and fashioned them into make-shift catapults.
The take-away message? No matter how wonderful the toy, it can never compare to the play possibilities of the box.